Rodolfo Giovanni di Marazzino

Rodolfo Giovanni di Marazzino (1585-1645) was a Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War. He lost the 1636 Battle of Wittstock and was captured in the 1639 Battle of Chemnitz.

Biography
Giovanni was born to an Italian family that served the Holy Roman Empire, and he became a general in the Imperial Army. He was a brave and reliable subordinate, but he was poorly suited to independent command and wholly out of his depth against Swedish commander Johan Baner. Giovanni was defeated in the 1636 Battle of Wittstock and captured after the crippling defeat at the Battle of Chemnitz in 1639.